Charlie Hebdo Cartoon Shows Queen Kneeling On Megan Markle's Neck

Huffington Post 1 min read 4 years ago


<div id="5a3113dbc74d4738d2416c79" class="vdb_player vdb_5a3113dbc74d4738d2416c7956be00124076e70ee4171d93" vdb_params="m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3DSPONSORSHIP_NAME&amp;m.fwsitesection=composer" data-placeholder="//img.vidible.tv/prod/2021-03/09/6047b82ed129535d962f7939/6047b82e08a8380001f96266_o_F_v1.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;q=60"><script type="text/javascript" src="https://delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=5a3113dbc74d4738d2416c79/vid=6047b82ed129535d962f7939/56be00124076e70ee4171d93.js?m.embeded=cms_video_plugin_uk.edit.huffpost.net"></script></div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The French satirical magazine&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/charlie-hebdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charlie Hebdo</a>&nbsp;has sparked yet another controversy, this time by running a front-page cartoon of an evil-looking&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/life/topic/queen-elizabeth-ii" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Queen Elizabeth</a>&nbsp;kneeling on the neck of a battered&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/meghan-markle" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meghan Markle</a>.</p><p>&ldquo;Why Meghan Quit Buckingham,&rdquo; reads the headline of the issue out Saturday. The figure meant to depict Meghan responds, &ldquo;Because I couldn&rsquo;t breathe anymore!&rdquo;</p><p>The scene is pointedly evocative of the death of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/george-floyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Floyd</a>, a Black man who was killed last summer by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck. &ldquo;I can&rsq
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